Nazi violent cult MKU: 20-year-old charged with terrorist offence in Stockholm area
A 20-year-old from the Stockholm area is charged with participation in the terrorist organisation MKU, a Ukrainian-Russian violent sect linked to several murders worldwide.
20-year-old arrested after house search – suspected of establishing Swedish cell of MKU
Early one February morning, emergency response units and the Security Police conducted a house search in a flat north of Stockholm. The 20-year-old man in the flat was assessed to be dangerous and had stated that he wanted to be shot by police. He was shot with a taser before being arrested.
According to Dagens Nyheter, the man came to the attention of Säpo (Swedish Security Police) after graffiting house façades in Uppsala. He had amongst other things sprayed swastikas, Celtic crosses, the number combination 88 and the message "M.K.Y. VI TAR ÖVER". Upon examination of material seized from the flat, suspicions arose that the 20-year-old had attempted to establish a Swedish cell of the organisation Maniacs Murder Cult – also known as MKY or MKU.
A movement that glorifies mass murder
MKU is a Ukrainian-Russian violent sect that through systematic recruitment in digital environments has gained a foothold in several countries. The movement blends ideas from ancient Nordic paganism, Satanism and Nazism, and is built on the conviction that human life lacks value. Säpo establishes that the organisation actively works towards societal collapse.
– It is not really a goal but more a method. You try to make society move towards collapse in order then to build a new society in the ruins of what has collapsed, says Gabriel Wernstedt, spokesperson for the Security Police.
According to a memorandum from Säpo, the group glorifies mass murderers such as Anders Behring Breivik, Timothy McVeigh and Brenton Tarrant, and regards murder with an almost religious reverence. One of the movement's leaders is Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 22-year-old from Georgia who two weeks ago was sentenced to 15 years in prison for amongst other things having planned to poison Jewish children. He has written "Haters Handbook", a sort of violence manual that is central to the movement. The handbook describes a points system where followers collect points to advance in ranks: an assault gives 100 points, a murder 200.
Murders linked to the organisation
In recent years, several murders have been linked to MKU. In 2025, a 17-year-old boy in Tennessee shot a classmate dead and then took his own life. He filmed the act and stated that he was acting in the organisation's name.
MKU is an extreme version of the misanthropic movements that in recent years have grown on the internet. Last year, a then 14-year-old boy was found guilty of a knife attack on an 80-year-old man in Hässelby, after stating that he was a highly ranked member in the sadistic network 764.
Recruits vulnerable young people with mental health problems
According to Säpo's assessment, MKU deliberately targets children and young people in vulnerable situations, as they are considered easier to manipulate. Particularly interesting to the movement are people with mental health problems and individuals from minority groups. As part of the recruitment process, new followers are forced to consume extreme amounts of violent material, with the aim of gradually desensitising them.
Charged with terrorist offence – wept during interrogation
The Swedish 20-year-old is now charged with participation in a terrorist organisation. He is suspected amongst other things of having attempted to recruit new members by distributing "Haters Handbook". During the house search, police found lists of possible targets for attacks – both individuals and organisations – as well as several knives.
In police interrogation, the man says that he is in very poor mental health and has at times been held in compulsory care due to a serious mental disorder. He begins to cry when describing the pressure from the leader figure he has corresponded with, and states that he is extremely stressed by the points system. He says that the fear of punishment is constant when he fails to collect enough points.
His relationship with MKU appears deeply ambivalent. At one point he describes himself as a loyal follower – at another he recounts that he tried to quit.
– I do not think that most Swedish people really understand what MKY is and how fucking disgusting they are, he tells police.
Source: Dagens Nyheter